We tend to think of prejudice in negative terms, but there are positive prejudices as well. I was just telling a friend that I’d trust a random Sikh more than any other religion/ethnicity. Just seem to have a very high proportion of good people. Also think well of the diaspora Chinese, as a rule, perhaps because I was raised by them to a certain extent.
Do you have any positive prejudices?
Feel free to use as an open thread. No vax/medical.
random chinese
well i bought a pair of shoe from a polish workshop on etsy, was not satisfied, seller promptly refunded full price even though he doesn’t agree with the criticism, the shoe turn out fit well and is good quality, the complain was more of an expectation mismatch because i had some custom requirements. regard polish commercial ethics and worksmanship highly ever since
Daniel A Lynch
I’m a wilderness backpacker, and as a group they are outstanding people, very conscientious. The exception being the hikers who focus on climbing famous peaks, or completing famous long trails like the Appalachian trail, because those people are clearly on an ego trip. “Look at me, I climbed Mt. Everest!”
i’m an unpaid volunteer for Forest Service wilderness trail maintenance, and as a group you won’t find better people than wilderness trail volunteers. You have to be highly motivated, highly pro-environment, pro-public lands, concerned for the long term good of the community, and willing to do extreme physical labor for a cause that is bigger than yourself.
As a group, I find teachers and nurses to be a cut above average. They have a few bad apples, but many people enter those fields because they genuinely want to help.
In general, as Fred Rogers used to say, “look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
Joan
My grandmother was a widow the last twenty-five years of her life, and I think from her I have a positive prejudice toward single older ladies. Some of them might have crotchety beliefs but they are largely powerless to act on them, and each person only has one vote so just go outvote them.
Well, now I’m thinking of the grumpy old church ladies, and the old ladies who show up to city council meetings against new housing, so maybe not. Okay assuming they’re not actively trying to harm their communities I think I generally think kindly toward single old ladies.